Tommy (rock opera)

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concept album rock opera studio album

Tommy is a landmark 1969 rock opera by The Who that tells the story of a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy and helped pioneer the concept album format in rock music.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Who's Tommy 2
The Who’s Tommy 1
The Who’s Tommy: The Amazing Journey 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
rock opera ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
adaptedAs The Who’s Tommy (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommy (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Pete Townshend NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributor John Entwistle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keith Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Daltrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator The Who NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Who’s Next NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasEdition Tommy (1972 London Symphony Orchestra version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart 1921 ⓘ
Amazing Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cousin Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eyesight to the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Go to the Mirror! NERFINISHED ⓘ
I’m Free NERFINISHED ⓘ
Overture ⓘ
Pinball Wizard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sensation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Acid Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ
We’re Not Gonna Take It NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 75 minutes ⓘ
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricist Pete Townshend NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacterTrait blind ⓘ
deaf ⓘ
dumb ⓘ
mediaType double album ⓘ
narrativeFocus Tommy Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor pioneering the rock opera format ⓘ
popularizing the concept album in rock music ⓘ
performer The Who NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy The Who Sell Out NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Kit Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1969-05-23 ⓘ
recordedIn 1968 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
Track Records NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Who → notableWork → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
Jennifer Laura Thompson → theatreCredit → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Who's Tommy
Alice Ripley → performedIn → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Who’s Tommy
Ann-Margret → notableWork → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tommy (1975 film)
Sherie Rene Scott → notableWork → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Who's Tommy
Barry Alexander Brown → directedFilm → Tommy (rock opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Who’s Tommy: The Amazing Journey